Wire clothes-pin.



R. KEHN.

WIRE CLOTHES PIN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.9, 1914.

1,103,420. Patented July 14, 1914,

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WIRE CLOTHES-PIN.

Application filed March 9, 1914. Serial N 0. 823,479.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT ICEHN', citizen of the United States, residing at Fairfax, in the county of Gregory and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Clothes-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the con struction of wire clasps or clothes pins, the

primary object of the invention being to provide a device of this character which is simple and inexpensive and which embodies novel features of construction whereby the free ends of the wire used in forming one of the jaws are utilized to provide spring arms which act to hold the two jaws yieldingly in a closed position.

A further object of the invention is to provide a spring clothes pin which can be readily formed of wire,which comprises but two lever members which can be cheaply constructed and assembled, which can be easily manipulated, and which will firmly grasp a clothes line or other member inserted between the jaws thereof.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of the parts as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the novel features thereof being pointed out in the appended claims.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of a wire clothes pin constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, the jaws being shown in a closed position by full lines and in an open position by dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the complemental lever members, and Fig. 5 is a similar view of the other complemental lever member.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the same reference characters.

The wire clasp or clothes pin is formed of two complemental lever members A and B, each being'constructed from a single piece of wire, and the said members being shown in detail by Figs. 4 and 5, respectively. The leverzm'ember A is constructed from a piece of wire the opposite ends of which are returned or looped to provide a jaw 1 atone end thereof and a handle or finger piece 2 at the opposite end thereof.

The extremity of. the wire which was looped to provide the finger piece 2 is bent transversely to provide the pivot pin 8 which is arrangedat the junction of the jaw 1 and handle 2 and extends transversely across the spaced sides of the jaw. The complemental lever member B is also formed from a single length of wire which has the middle portion thereof looped or bent into a substantially U form to provide a finger piece 4 corresponding tothe finger piece 2 of the lever member A and having an opposed relation thereto when the two lever members are assembled. The sides of the U shaped finger piece t are coiled at 5 to provide eyes adapted to engage the transverse pivot pin 3 of the lever member A. After being thus coiled, the ends of the wire are extended to provide a jaw 6, the extremities of the wire being then returned inwardly to provide a pair of spring arms 7 which terminate in the oppositely projecting lateral fingers 8.

In assembling the two lever members A and Bgto form a complete. clasp or clothes pin, the transverse pivot pin 3 of the lever member A is passed through the two coils or eyes 5 of the complemental lever member B. The spring arms 7 of the lever member B are slightly deflected outwardly from the plane of the jaw 6 and have the free ends 7 thereof deflected inwardly so as to pass through the looped finger piece 4 of the lever member B and bring the lateral arms or fingers 8 into engagement with the sides of the looped handle 2 of the lever member A. When thus assembled the two handles 2 and 4 as well as the two jaws 1 and 6 have an opposed relation and the action of the spring arms 7 normally tends to move the two handles apart and bring the two jaws together.

In Fig. 2 the jaws of the clasp or clothes pin are shown by full lines in a closed position, although in order to open the jaws it is merely necessary to grasp the two handles or finger pieces between the fingers and press them together. The open position of the jaws is indicated by dotted lines, and it will be observed that the spring arms 7 of the lever member B are then sprung outagain close the are released. 7 j

There areonly two parts to the clasp or clothes pin, each of which is formed of wire,

jaws as soon as the handles and the extremities of the wire of which one.

device, both of theparts. of the clasp or clothes pin being susceptible of being strongly made; so as toread ily withstand anyhard usage to which the finished product maybeqsubjected...

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tov secure by Let-.

ters Patent, is

LA wire clasp including a. pair of complemental lever-members pivo-tally connect-- ed1at an intermediate point to provide c0- operating handles and jaws, one of the jaws being formed with spaced side pieces which are returned inwardly toprovide a pair of rearwardly. extendingspring arms terminating in heads. which engage the handle of the other lever-member to. hold the jaws yieldingly in a closed position.

provide a looped handle at one end thereof and a looped jaw at the opposite end there- The necessity for a sepa-' through the looped finger piece of the lei'rer jmembe r, the extremity of the spring arm tern inating in a foot which engages thehandle of the opposite lever member to hold the jaws yieldablyin a closed position. 3. A Wire clasp including a pair of complemental lever members each of which is for-med from a single piece of-wi're one of the-lever membershaving opposite endsof the wire returnedto-provide a looped handle and looped jaw and one extremityof tl'lG wire being extended transversely across the lever member at the junction of the'handle and 'j'aw to provide a pivot pin, while the opposite; lever member is constructed by bending the middle portion of the wire to i provide a U sh-aped handle, the-arms of the U shaped handle bein-g coiled to provide pivot eyesadapted to engage the before mentioned pivot pin of the opposite lever member, and being then extended to provide the sides of. the jaw, said sides being returned inwardly to forlna pair of rearwardly extending spring arms which have the ends 3 thereof defi'ectedthrough the 'U-shaped han-. dle' and which terminate in feet engaging theloop ed handle of the opposite lever memberto hold theja'ws yieldablyin a closed position. a

in presence of two witnesses.

" Witnesses:- 'i I. Kos'rA,

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ROBERT-KEE 1 i In testimony whereof l affix mysignature' 2. A wire clasp including a pair of complemental. lever members pivotally connect- 1 ed at an intermediatepoint and each formed of a single length of wire which is-bent to 

